Krishna Avva has always enjoyed directing technology to help improve the world and brings this drive to Blue Earth Network.

With an Electrical Engineering Bachelor of Science degree from North Carolina State, 2 Masters Degrees (Computer Science from University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana and Engineering Management from Northwestern University), Krishna applied his knowledge extensively during a 22 year career in product development and program management with AT&T, BellSouth and Amdahl/Fujitsu.

He has worked on world-changing technologies like speed dialing, 3-way conference calls, 911 call processing, voicemail anywhere, instant messaging, banking/credit checking software and keeping viruses off PCs from the ubiquitous internet. His innovation work also includes a patent on data transfer to home PCs.

Krishna has also been a successful entrepreneur who started a business to help technology companies. His work spanned many industries including call center tools, satellite communications, computer data arrays and recycling of old PCs. He has helped clients develop business strategies to be environmentally sustainable.

He leverages his technical innovation and project management background to help clients execute world-changing programs.

He is an avid football and basketball fan. In his spare time, he reads and writes children’s stories, with a focus on saving the environment. He lives in Atlanta, USA with his wife and 2 daughters.

Josè D’Alessandro has grown some of the world’s most iconic brands, including Coca-Cola, Sprite, Uncle Ben’s, Knorr, Pirelli, Dunlop, Vespa, and MotoGuzzi across the world, living in 5 countries and coordinating up to 48, with an uncommon ability to work in multicultural and multilingual environments.

He has managed innovation, turnarounds, marketing, sales and new market entries, in FMCG, semi-durable goods and automotive, his roles ranging from marketing manager to Business Unit director with full P&L, factory and R&D responsibility. Last position before joining BEN was Executive VP, Europe for Piaggio.

He speaks at many universities and conferences and is a regular teacher on General Management, Negotiation & Sales at the Publitalia ’80 Marketing, Sales and Communication MBA in Milan.

Passionate about other cultures, books and sports, he loves travelling, reading, writing and rollerblading.
He thinks he speaks Italian, French, English, and German, and people are kind enough to let him believe so.
He lives in Brussels with his wife and sons.

Nandini Gulati has over 20 years of advertising and international marketing communications experience. She has lived and worked in New Delhi, Mumbai, Atlanta, Hong Kong and London. Her work took her to East and West Europe, Africa, Middle East, Asia, South America, Japan and Australia. In early 2006 she relocated back to Gurgaon, India where she lives now.

In her last assignment as Integrated Marketing Communications Head for Europe and Middle East based in London, she worked towards introducing a new model of marketing at the Coca-Cola Company. She has trained over 600 senior executives.

Nandini has spoken at various international forums including Marketing Week Europe, London Business School, and MIP in Cannes. She was featured among “40 (professionals) under 40” to watch in Europe in a cover story in Media and Marketing Magazine.

Nandini conducts professional skills and integrated marketing communication trainings. With her background as a trained Neuro-Linguistic Programming master practitioner and spiritual psychotherapist she is interested in new scientific findings in the areas of health and mental well-being. She is a keen wildlife enthusiast, practices yoga and volunteers for an NGO, Jamghat involved in rehabilitating street children from Old Delhi.

 

Scott James is an entrepreneur, instructor, advisor, and investor in the world of sustainability.

BusinessWeek named Scott as one of “America’s Most Promising Social Entrepreneurs” in 2009 and Forbes profiled him as a Game Changer in 2010. The products from his companies have been featured in publications ranging from Oprah’s O Magazine to the Washington Post.

He is the founder and current President of Fair Trade Sports, offering the world’s first line of sports balls for soccer, football, basketball (and more) that are Eco + Fair Trade Certified. Like the Newman’s Own brand, all after-tax profits are designated for charity.

Scott also teaches the Marketing course at the green MBA program, Bainbridge Graduate Institute, and the Sustainability interterm course at University of Notre Dame, where he serves on the Advisory Council. Scott previously worked in the high tech sector, including Visio and Microsoft.

Scott completed a BBA in Marketing at Baylor University and an MBA at University of Notre Dame. He lives on an island near Seattle with his wife and children.

Udaiyan Jatar (U.J.) has led global businesses like the $400 million joint venture between Coca-Cola and Nestle and launched many products across 6 continents. His innovation career spans 20 years in companies like Coca-Cola, P&G and Grey where he led the launches of brands like Pantene, Vicks, Sprite, Powerade, Nestea and Honda in different parts of the world.

As Coke’s Global Vice-President for coffee, he created and launched a high margin business in 2006, Far Coast, which sells 100% Fair Trade etc. certified coffees. This is the first such brand launched by a Fortune 100 company. It is also a Carbon Neutral business.

He teaches marketing at the Bainbridge Graduate Institute (#2 Sustainable MBA program in the USA), Social Enterprise at GSU, and is on the Board of Georgia Center for Nonprofits. He is frequently invited to speak or share his expertise at events like the Presidential Summit for Entrepreneurship, Net Impact, etc. He is a Test Cricket fanatic, loves to read about Physics and Philosophy and lives in Atlanta in the USA with his wife and children.

Katie Elizabeth is passionate about intra and entre-preneurship.

Upon earning her undergraduate degree in History at The University of the South, Sewanee, she began her career in wealth management at Lehman Brothers.

A desire to help people through business models led her to CARE International, where she served in project management and program creation and execution roles at a global level.

In addition to her previous work with CARE, she has served as an advisor to Emory University in Atlanta, as well as multiple social ventures and nonprofits in the US.

Katie is actively involved on the Executive Leadership Team of TiE Atlanta, a global nonprofit that fosters entrepreneurship.

She lives in Atlanta and enjoys mission driven travel.

Aastha Singh started her career as an online journalist with indiatimes.com where she became skilled in everything new media. Her understanding of web 2.0 and relationship management expertise transitioned her to the corporate world as a public relations consultant.

She gained hands-on experience at executing and planning communications strategies for global brands while working for India’s top public relations agency, Burson-Marsteller.

Aastha has an MBA from Queen’s University in Canada. Her business acumen coupled with her honest and critical approach to problem solving (the consummate Devil’s Advocate) is highly valuable for Blue Earth Network and its clients.

Her love for world cuisines (not just eating, but cooking too!) made her settle in Toronto, Canada, the food capital of the country.

Aaron Uddin is passionate about finding innovative solutions to solving some of society’s most pressing problems – whether it is empowering youth to identify problems and create a dialogue about dangerous living conditions in the poor neighborhoods of Atlanta or launching a business to re-purpose books that otherwise would be destined for a landfill.

Aaron received his BA of International Studies at Emory University, his MBA from Robinson College of Business, and Masters of Organizational Management from the Sorbonne Graduate Business School in Paris, France.

He has hands-on business experience in accounting and finance, strategic analysis and planning, project management, relationship management, risk management and donor/account management for organizations like Wildlife Conservation Society and Zoo Atlanta, YRC Logistics (Global Import) and CARE USA.

Aaron combines his global business education and sustainability values at Blue Earth Network – a firm dedicated to solving the world’s social and environmental issues with transformational solutions.